After traveling through time, my blood became a panacea

Chapter 222 Pathfinding

After walking for half a day, the pathfinder at the front suddenly stopped and said nervously, "Fire Ants, everyone, don't move."

This is a kind of red ant, comparable in size to a cockroach, with hundreds of thousands or even millions of them acting together, and they can be considered rampant in the Blood Mist Forest. Once entangled by them, the tide-like ant colony will drown the prey and suck out the prey's marrow.

Except for a very few natural enemies, no creature dares to provoke these fire ants. They are extremely terrifying.

Fortunately, everyone had been smeared with powder that most insects hate in advance. As long as they didn't move around and didn't hinder the migration of the fire ants, they would not attack them as prey.

After the huge group of fire ants had gone away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued on their way.

They followed the drawn route map and half an hour later, they encountered another crisis.

Scavenger rats are also a kind of social animal. Their strength is equivalent to the early stage of the first level of the human element realm. They are at the bottom of the food chain in this blood mist forest. The group of scavenger rats they encountered at the moment was not large, only more than a hundred. The pathfinders and a team of combatants worked together to kill them and wiped them out in a short time.

There is nothing valuable on the scavenger rat's body, so there is no need to collect it.

Fire ants and scavenger rats appeared many times in the information collected from previous years of land reclamation teams, and it was relatively easy for everyone to deal with them. However, after they took a short rest and continued to move forward for another half an hour, casualties finally occurred in the team.

"咻", "咻"

Two low, almost inaudible sounds of breaking through the air were heard, and Xu Feng's face changed drastically. His body moved faster than his brain, and he instinctively crouched down and rolled to the ground.

"Ouch!" "Ouch!" The two Pathfinders suddenly looked painful, their eyes glared with anger, and they covered their throats tightly with their hands, as if they were going to strangle themselves, but the blood still flowed out from between their fingers.

"Arrow-feathered bird!" Someone in the pioneering team shouted in fear.

The Arrow-Feathered Bird is a rather terrifying creature in the Blood Mist Forest. It is only the size of a sparrow, has a long and sharp beak, and usually appears in pairs of male and female.

Over the years, they have killed few people in the pioneering teams, but once they target them, the possibility of survival for cultivators at the third level of the Human Yuan Realm or below is almost zero.

Because this thing is equivalent to the peregrine falcon on the blue planet, with extremely fast speed, a long beak as sharp as black iron, and only the size of a sparrow, it is almost silent when launching an attack. Even a fourth-level cultivator of the human Yuan realm has a 50% chance of dying in their hands.

Just now, the attack of the arrow-feathered bird was successful, and only then did people realize who the attacker was.

Among all the pathfinders, only Xu Feng took evasive action based on his perception of danger.

Fortunately, there were more than twenty pathfinders in the front, and Xu Feng was not chosen by the two Arrow-Feather Birds, so it was unknown whether his dodging action just now could help him escape the attack of the Arrow-Feather Birds.

Despite this, Xu Feng's performance has attracted many people's attention. Almost everyone knows the horror of the Arrow Feather Bird. Xu Feng was able to dodge in advance, and even Sikong Hongyu couldn't help but glance at him in surprise. Those monks who mocked him in every way when the team was assembled, opened their eyes wide, with a look of disbelief.

The two men had their throats pierced by the arrow-feathered birds at lightning speed, and it was obvious that they were beyond help. They had already fallen to the ground, twitched a few more times, and then died completely.

"Keep the formation and keep moving forward!" Sikong Hongyu's cold voice came. The pathfinder at the front felt a chill in his heart, and inexplicably felt a sense of grief. The person had just died, and without a trace of remembrance, he continued to carry out his mission and explore the way ahead.

After taking a last pity look at the corpse of their companion who was still alive just a moment ago, Xu Feng and the others perked up their spirits and continued to move forward.

After they left, the arrow-feathered birds would soon come to enjoy their prey. They would peck through the skulls of the two men and suck out their brain fluid. This was why they were not too panicked despite being shocked. After the arrow-feathered birds succeeded, they would not attack again as long as they did not take away the bodies. At least it had been like this for years.

Because two people died in an instant, everyone became more alert and slowed down a bit. Fortunately, although they encountered a few more dangers, they were relatively common. Everyone worked together and only three people were slightly injured. After a simple bandage, they were fine.

As it was getting dark, Sikong Hongyu ordered the team to stop advancing and start choosing a place to spend the night.

It was absolutely impossible to make a fire. Everyone ate the dried meat they brought with them and filled their stomachs with cold water from the water bags. Everyone tried not to make too much noise.

As the team leader, Sikong Hongyu was naturally in the center of the base, the safest area.

Special medicine powder was sprinkled around the station to drive away most poisonous insects and strange beasts. However, people would still be arranged to take turns to guard at night, but there would be no need for pathfinders like Xu Feng.

Firstly, their strength is generally low. If there is danger at night, they may not be able to detect it in the first time and warn everyone. Secondly, they will still be needed to explore the way ahead tomorrow and take the greatest risks, so they naturally need to rest up.

The night was deep, and the Blood Mist Forest became more eerie and mysterious at night. From time to time, one could hear the rustling sounds of crawling and the roars of beasts from the depths of the forest. As a monk, it was very common to not sleep all night, but the pathfinders were always highly tense during the day, and most of them were already exhausted at this moment, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

The first night passed peacefully. After a simple packing up, everyone formed a formation and went deep into the Blood Mist Forest.

For two hours, the team did not encounter any danger, and the pathfinders' tense mood eased a little. If they could continue like this, they would be able to reach the deepest point reached by the last pioneering team in less than three days. By then, they would no longer be the vanguard.

The combat team will serve as the main force to face areas that have never been set foot on and unknown dangers, while they will assist on the side or help collect valuable resources.

Xu Feng felt a little uneasy, thinking that such a calm state was not a good thing. But no matter how uneasy he was, the team still had to keep moving forward. Those who dared to delay would be whipped by the fighting team behind them at best, or killed on the spot at worst.

Another half hour passed, and Xu Feng's inner uneasiness became stronger. Unlike other pathfinders who relaxed their minds a little, he scanned everything around him closely, not missing a single clue.

"Buzz" "Buzz" "Buzz"

The sound of flapping wings came from far away and gradually got closer, coming from all directions, as if surrounding them.

Now not only Xu Feng, but others also quickly noticed it.

"Damn it! It's a Black Royal Bee!" After seeing what it was, Xu Feng's face changed drastically and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.